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  1. Re:Whatever Apple's real motivation.. have to agre on Tim Cook Defends Apple's Approach To Security: 'Encryption is Inherently Great' (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 0

    They've been also quite favorable to the well-heeled, which is why they dragged their feet on encryption until relatively recent.

  2. Only because Hollywood demanded it. on Tim Cook Defends Apple's Approach To Security: 'Encryption is Inherently Great' (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    The only reason he's sided with it is solely for the well-heeled - he doesn't wan't another embarrassment.

    That, and it doesn't hurt him too much to prevent people from having too much freedom on their devices.

  3. [Citation needed]

  4. The handover to Icann is a compromise that appears to suit the country very nicely, and not just because Icann will remain in Los Angeles.

    If anything, they've handed it over to leftist interests - the same kind that use organizational control to push narratives.

     

  5. Re:Have yet to see a UK-manufactured R.Pi on The Slashdot Interview With Raspberry Pi Founder and CEO Eben Upton · · Score: 1

    Mine wasn't one of them, and I went out of my way to make sure that my Model B (512MB) wasn't going to be from China. Mine ended up being a Embest knockoff due to them shipping the US with them over "capacity concerns".

    Went with a CuBox i4pro from SolidRun. Unlike the knockoff R.Pi predecessor, USB, Ethernet, and wireless aren't at odds with each other. Nice thing is that it's also being actively developed.

  6. Re:So they only prosecute a safe, "no-harm" target on Federal Prosecutors Actually Prosecute H1-B Fraud (ap.org) · · Score: 2

    So the hatred for citizens continues.

  7. So they only prosecute a safe, "no-harm" target. on Federal Prosecutors Actually Prosecute H1-B Fraud (ap.org) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's not news to hear them take down trivial targets, let's hear it when they actually take down bigger fish - the kind that result in citizens (especially long-term unemployed) being hired in their place.

  8. This isn't British Leyland ;) on The Slashdot Interview With Raspberry Pi Founder and CEO Eben Upton · · Score: 1

    While British manufacturing has seen its low points, I doubt the Raspberry Pi is part of that.

  9. Have yet to see a UK-manufactured R.Pi on The Slashdot Interview With Raspberry Pi Founder and CEO Eben Upton · · Score: 1

    The Raspberry Pi is quite famously manufactured in the UK

    Citation needed, since most of the ones available are made in some Third World hellhole.

  10. No wonder, since they can't stand US citizens being able to do more than subsistence.

  11. Chinese shit, shipped with the same quality. on Amazon Looking To Abandon UPS, FedEx In Favor of Its Own Delivery Service (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Now the shipping/logistics folks get to join in on the fun of being actively hated by your employer!

  12. Quality goes from "Abyss" to "Challenger Deep" on BlackBerry Says It's Done Designing and Building Its Own Phones (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Now that they're letting a third party do it, any semblance of quality will cease to exist.

  13. That wooden dolphin was right on US Warns Samsung Washing Machine Owners After Explosion Reports (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    The Samsungs are definitely "multiporpoise machines" - they explode as well as wash.

  14. Doesnt handle Mylan's wrongdoing. on Hackers Offer a DIY Alternative To The $600 EpiPen (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    At best it is a temporary fix to the overall problem - Mylan's own deeds.

  15. Re:Then it gets ugly. on Uber Accused of Cashing In On Bomb Explosion By Jacking Rates (thesun.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    When they stop earning any more money.

    For example, a gas station in Georgia jacked its prices up during Katrina - but ended up out of business due to outrage. On the other hand, places with vigorous anti-gouging laws would have prevented that from happening.

  16. Embrace, Extend, Extinguish, Apple version. on Apple Releases Swift 3.0, 'Not Source-Compatibile With Swift 2.3' (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Now Apple gets to join in on the fun of deliberately breaking things, especially non-blessed ports.

  17. Then it gets ugly. on Uber Accused of Cashing In On Bomb Explosion By Jacking Rates (thesun.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Where said windfall precedes them going out of business due to unchecked gouging.

  18. False Dilemma. on Uber Accused of Cashing In On Bomb Explosion By Jacking Rates (thesun.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Would riders prefer to not have a ride at all or would they rather pay a rate high enough to get a driver to come

    That presumes a false dilemma of exorbitance or nothing. They would prefer the lower rates.

  19. As opposed to non-governmental actors like SJW's on 'Government Abuse' of the Internet Makes Some People More Equal Than Others, Says Study (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Once they have control of an online platform, such as Twitter, Reddit, or the various others that fell in line at Nick Denton's request, they enact and selectively enforce misnamed "civility/anti-harassment policies". The policies are only a way to enable and defend harassment by leftists of approved types, as well as defending the narratives they want in the public (or hidden).

  20. RDF is extra strong w/ you. on Apple Explores the Idea Of Killing Headphone Jack On the MacBook Pro (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    The Reality Distortion Field is very strong with you. Never mind that you ignore the harmful influence on other vendors, something that nullifies choice by blindly following suit.

    Oh, and Apple does have a nasty habit of being wrong and putting in features that were wanted anyway.

  21. One more reason to have a Thinkpad on Apple Explores the Idea Of Killing Headphone Jack On the MacBook Pro (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    They won't remove the jack on their professional models. If anything, the T*/P50/P70 will continue to keep their ports.

    That, and you can use OSX if you want.

  22. So it's a managed end-run around NN. on Stanford Engineers Propose A Technology To Break The Net Neutrality Deadlock (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    I don't think the folks at Stanford thought this through too much, or had the end-goal of killing Net Neutrality.

  23. No Denuvo malware step? on A Very Detailed Dissection of a Frame From DOOM (adriancourreges.com) · · Score: 1

    It wouldn't be complete without including the time and resources taken by Denuvo malware.

  24. So they want to improve Narrative Enforcement. on Vandalism Detection Contest Sponsored For Wikidata (wsdm-cup-2017.org) · · Score: 1

    All Wikipedia wants to do is get help in enforcing their left-wing narrative - by considering truth as counter-narrative material that must be purged.

    Never mind that the SOCJUS contingent of Slashdotters prove my point by modbombing anything that counters their narrative, especially truth.

  25. So they want to improve Narrative Enforcement? on Vandalism Detection Contest Sponsored For Wikidata (wsdm-cup-2017.org) · · Score: 0

    All Wikipedia wants to do is get help in enforcing their left-wing narrative - by considering truth as counter-narrative material that must be purged.